Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Alpine Cranberry, Cowberry
Other regional names: Foxberry +5 more
- Foxberry
- Lingberry
- Lingen
- Lingenberry
- Lingon
- Lingonberry
Also known as: ? ellipticum F.Gérard +16 more
- ? ellipticum F.Gérard
- Myrtillus exigua Bubani
- Oxycoccus vitis-idaea (L.) E.Fries
- Rhodococcum minus (Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.) Avrorin
- Rhodococcum vitis-idaea (L.) Avrorin
- Rhodococcum vitis-idaea subsp. minus (G.Lodd.) V.G.Sergienko
- Vaccinium buxifolium Gilib.
- Vaccinium idaeum E.H.L.Krause
- Vaccinium jesoense Miq.
- Vaccinium minus (G.Lodd.) Maximova
- Vaccinium minus (G.Lodd.) Vorosch.
- Vaccinium nemorosum Salisb.
- Vaccinium pulchellum Fisch. ex Herder
- Vaccinium punctatum Lam.
- Vaccinium punctatum var. ellipticum (F.Gérard) Rouy
- Vaccinium punctifolium Stokes
- Vaccinium rubrum Dulac
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Ericaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea (commonly known as Alpine Cranberry or Cowberry) is a shrub belonging to the Ericaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. It belongs to the highly diverse genus Vaccinium, which contains over 450 distinct species.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
South Georgia